It looks like DVD Jon can put another feather in his cracking hat. He has cracked Apple's FairPlay DRM and intends to spin this into a commercial venture. I would guess its a matter of time before this one hits the courts. From the article: Jon Lech Johansen, a 22-year-old Norway native who lives in San Francisco, cracked Apple's FairPlay […]
Read moreWhilst surfing over at AVS Forum, looking for information on Small/Large setup for our HT Basics feature, I noticed a great thread talking about speaker design and the role they have getting the music to your ears. As mentioned in the title, this is from a designer's perspective and should shed a lot of light on how different components in […]
Read moreWhile I know this isn't directly related to Home Theater's, I just had to post this, probably moreso to spark forum discussion, but it seems Google has already made it's impact with YouTube: In the first major mass removal of content in its history, YouTube has removed nearly 30,000 videos after being contacted by a number of Japanese rights-holders, according […]
Read moreYou know, I was gonna knock this when I first heard about it, but think of how innovative Time Warner is being here. Sure it's awful they won't allow fast forwarding, but I can't count how many times people with little knowledge of PVR's have CRAVED being able to view a show from the beginning that they remembered to record […]
Read moreA few nice unique extras for the big boys, but will it be enough to win the race? Have you guys bit the bullet yet? C'mon, but you can watch the Oscar-Winning Pearl Harbor…errr….um…..see large explosions in great quality! Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment added to its enhanced winter Blu-ray release slate today, as Invincible and Pearl Harbor were joined […]
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This is fantastic news. Hopefully with lower prices, there will be less awkward moments when you go over to your friend's house & have to see a huge 36" 200lb CRT tv….now you can console them & tell them they'll soon finally be able to afford something thinner. I say to your friend, forget them, your tv is big & […]
Read moreHDBlog has some insight on who will win the BluRay/HD-DVD wars, and they seem pretty convinced it'll be PS3. I'm not that convinced that there's that many people anxious to spend $600 that will make it such a landslide, but I do agree Microsoft kinda screwed the pooch with only having a separate HD-DVD player add-on, and being only for […]
Read moreI always thought the Squeezebox was an awesome product that just needed more publicity, and now with Logitech behind it, they shouldn't have any problem getting their products out. I feel old remembering the first Squeezebox that was essentially just a 40×2 VFD display in a cheapo case, with some ethernet cable, but it was still very cool & it's […]
Read moreI noticed Home Theater Blog has a quick write up on a new projector from Marantz. All the good details are listed in the article in a nice easy to read format, so I will save you the usual writeup. Setting it apart from the budget crowd are premium optics from Konica/Minolata. From the article: Quick update on a new […]
Read moreThis story gets a posting just because I grew up in Saskatchewan:). Not much to tell here except that they will be rolling out 27 HDTV programs with their IPTV rollout. Considering that Saskatchewan as an entire population of 1,000,000 people, this is a pretty major deal. I don't expect to get IPTV in a city of 300k in California […]
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